Updates

Monday, Hayes had his first visit to the doctor. He weighed 9 lbs, 1 oz. The funniest thing to us was his length. When he was born he was 22.5" long. However, he had a major cone head because of the amount of time he was stuck in the birth canal. We laughed at the time that he would loose an inch or so once the cone went away. Well after two tries at measuring him at the doctors office, Hayes was only 21" long! A whole inch and a half was lost!

Today Lance needed to go to the grocery store after Reese was home from school. He wanted to leave both kids home with me but I wasn't up for that challenge just yet. He decided to take Sam with him and leave Reese home with me. I really wanted to take a shower and Reese really wanted to hold Hayes so we worked out a plan. She held him on my bed while I showered! She did a great job. I set up my iPad with a movie on it and I could see them the whole time. She just cuddled him and watched her movie. It was perfect and she was a great big help!



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Paci-on-fire

I wasn't quite sure how Sam would be once the baby was born. I should have known he would have no problems. He is so chill most of the time and just goes with the flow.


He likes to hold "Baby Hayes" and make sure that he always has his lovey.


The funniest thing that Sam says is "Paci-on-fire". When Hayes is crying he asks if he wants his "paci-on-fire" so he will stop crying.



It cracks me up to hear him say this. He is so funny and so sweet!

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A Few Pictures

Here are a few pictures from the last few days.

Not enjoying his first bath.

Reese thought it felt so funny for Hayes to suck on the paci with her finger in there.

Ready to go home!

Finally in the car.

And we made it home.

The kids made a sign for us. It was super cute.

This was the first time Sam really was interested in seeing/holding Hayes. He loved it.

And, of course, Reese loves holding him too.

Me with all of my little monkeys.

My boys!

Our Sweet Baby-Day 1

After putting the kids to bed on Halloween night, Lance and I headed to bed too. With in minutes of getting in bed I noticed that my contractions felt more consistent and stronger. I decided to start timing them before I said anything to Lance. I didn’t want to say anything to him before I needed to. After timing them for a while I went to the bathroom, he was already asleep, and then came back in to our room and told him I thought I was in labor. We found a contractions timer online and saw that my contractions were 4-6 minutes apart. After timing them for an hour, I called the doctor on call. She was in a c-section so she didn’t call back for a while. During that time we packed up everything and straightened up a bit just in case she sent us in. She finally called back and was hesitant but said since it was my third to go ahead to the hospital. Later she said she didn’t really think I was in labor because I sounded so calm on the phone. I was probably calm because I didn’t think I was either. This was my first time actually going in to labor with any of my babies so I didn’t really know what to expect. After getting the go ahead, I called my neighbor first so that someone could sit with the kids until my sister could get out to my house. I had a hard time leaving with out telling the kids but I decided that was the best decision to make. It was just after midnight when we left. My contractions were getting more intense but still none that were overwhelming. We got all checked in and settled around 1:00 am.

This was the last picture that was taken before baby. I was five cm at this point. As in the past I don’t really remember much of what happened after this point until it was time to push. I know I got an epidural some time in here, was checked again at 9 cm, and then around 5:00 am the doctor came in for the first time and said it was time to go. She said we should have a baby out very soon. Well, two hours of pushing later we were getting nervous (and I was so tired). The baby was stuck on the bone because as we found out later he was sunny side up and I just couldn’t push enough to get him around the bone. She started threatening a c-section, had a surgeon team in the room ready to go, and NICU in there ready for anything. Basically I had a cheering team (they literally were cheering me on) watching everything happen. The baby’s heart rate kept dropping and the doctor was afraid the cord was around the neck too. Finally at 6:57 am, our little gummy bear made his way out. No one even said boy or girl because everyone was just relieved to see that baby! Finally I asked, “What is it?”. Lance’s job from the beginning was to announce the sex but even he was just caught up in knowing the baby was finally there. He looks down and said it was a boy! That is when I cried. I didn’t cry with either of the other kids but after the rough few hours we had I couldn’t hold it in. The nursery team quickly checked him out and he was perfect! And I finally got to meet our Baby Gummy Bear.

It was such a relief to hold him. The next thing I had to look forward to was telling Reese and Sam all about their little brother, Hayes. Right around the time Hayes was born it was time for the kids to wake up. Becca said that when Sam walked in to our room that morning he saw her and ran back to his bed. He didn’t know what to think and I don’t think he was excited to see her. She told them Baby Gummy Bear had been born but she couldn’t tell them anything else until they saw us. We made a last minute decision to let them both stay home from school so they could come to the hospital first thing that morning. I don’t think school could have handled them anyways after that crazy morning. We were finally settled in our recovery room around 10:00 and got to see the kids there. My mom said Reese kept begging them to tell her if it was a boy or girl but they didn’t give in. As they walked down the hall to our room, I could hear them singing, “I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it!”. It was too cute. Finally they made their way in and we told them. They were both excited but a little shocked. Reese immediately climbed up in the bed with me to see him. She was very emotional that morning. Her eyes were watery most of the time and she kept saying she just needed to blow her nose. For some reason she didn’t want me to know she was crying but I don’t think she really understood why she was either. It was really sweet though.

Sam wasn’t sure what to think at all. At first he did not think that Baby Hayes was the same as Baby Gummy Bear. He wouldn’t come see me either. I don’t think he liked seeing me sitting in the hospital bed. When ever someone was holding Hayes he would “pet Baby Hayes’ head”. Never once did he sit with me until I was finally home. Then he gave me the biggest hug.

Halloween 2012…a little late

I wanted to make sure we still got pictures from Halloween on here even though life has been crazy the last few days. So here we go…

We did our normal Halloween tradition. Our neighbors came over for pizza and then we all went out to Trick or Treat. Jenny and I walked down the street with every one so that we could see the kids go to a few houses and then we headed back to our house to hand out candy. It was such a nice night we set up some chairs in the driveway and handed out candy from there.

This year Reese went as Snow White. She had a hard time deciding what she wanted to be. We went round and round with different costumes. She finally decided she wanted to be Rapunzel so we headed to the Disney store for a costume. But when we got there the choices were endless and she couldn’t decide. She saw a bag of Snow White jewelry and wanted it so bad. I told her she could get the jewelry if she was Snow White for Halloween (we bought a Snow White dress while at Disney last year). She decided that was the way to go!

Sam went as the red Power Ranger. One of Reese’s friends introduced Power Rangers to our house and Sam loves it! We actually bought his costume a month or so ago and he wore it at least every other day up until Halloween. He was so excited for Halloween to finally arrive. He uses a golf club as his sword and a flip phone as his Samurizer (that is how you turn in to a Power Ranger). See the phone in his hand below. He takes his role as a Power Ranger very seriously.

I am so glad we got this last silly family picture before we finally got to meet Baby Gummy Bear!

Reese and Emma ready for some candy. I can’t believe they have been doing this together for five years now! Time flies!

While we were out we ran in to one of Reese’s friends. He lives down the street and are in class together. He is super sweet and a great little friend! I just love that smile on Reese’s face!

This is another of Reese’s friends house but she was still getting ready so I didn’t see her here. Reese ran in to her later once I was back at the house and didn’t get a picture with her.

All of the kids had so much fun running up to each house for some candy. Sam would ask over and over to eat it. There is no telling how much candy he actually ate that night. Jenny and I enjoyed our time sitting in our chairs, handing out candy while the dads did all the work. After they circled the block they came back to our house and the girls helped us hand out the rest of the candy. It was a late night for the kids and little did we know that our lives were about to make a big change that night!

Baby Gummy Bear is here!

It's a boy!!!
Hayes Alexander
Nov. 1st at 6:57 am
9 lbs, 6 oz
22.5" long
Chubby cheeks
Dark hair, light eyebrows
Cute As Can Be!
We are in love.


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Sign Language

When ever Reese sees something written in cursive she will say, "I can't read this because it is in sign language." It cracks me up every time!


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Go Jackets!

Lance took Sam to the Tech game for a little while on Saturday. He sent me these cute pictures of Sam while on campus.






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40 weeks!!

Well I have made it to my due date once again. I had a drs appt this morning and am making a little bit of progress. I will go back again later this week if I am still pregnant. After that we will make a plan of how to continue.



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Fall!!

It finally feels like fall! This hot sweaty mess loved today's weather!! Now if only it would stay this way.


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Parent-Teacher Conference

Yesterday, Lance and I had our first parent-teacher conference with Reese’s teacher. Each teacher meets with each students parents to discuss the progress being made since the beginning of the year. Reese’s teacher had great things to say about her. She showed us some of Reese’s writing from the first day of school through now and it was soooo amazing to see how much she has progressed in those two months. Hearing her read is pretty cool too. This week she checked out There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat from the library and read the whole thing to us several nights in a row.  Her teacher said she is doing great in all areas and we couldn’t be more proud of her. As a reward for the good marks on her first report card, we gave her the new Tinkerbell movie. She was super excited and watched it right away. I can’t wait to watch it with her on Friday for pizza and a movie night. While Lance and I were walking to her classroom we were checking out the art on the main hallway. In the kindergarten section we spotted this little beauty…

I am not exactly sure why her drawing is upside down but I just love the profile picture of her talking about herself. Reese’s favorite special is Art!

It says:
*I like to eat pizza!
*I do not like broccoli.
*I want to be a ballerina when I grow up!
*I like the color hot pink!
*I am Reese!
*I like my mom!
*I am a princess!

It’s Getting Real

My sweet little Godson, Owen, is a big brother! Yesterday I made a quick trip to the hospital to visit his new little sister. I am so excited for their family. Emmerson was beautiful and perfect. Visiting them in the hospital made everything about the end of my pregnancy suddenly become very real. Knowing that we will be there some time in the next week or so was just crazy. I am so glad I went 1) to visit but 2) it reminded me of everything that is about to happen and got me a little more ready. And a little more anxious!

When I first got there, sweet little girl was sleeping like an angel. It is soooo easy to forget how tiny newborns are! I just stared at her in the bassinet. She was so peaceful looking.

After I was done staring at her, I picked her up and rocked with her for a while. During that time BGB was kicking her in the back as if to say “That’s my mommy out there”. I was hoping it would entice BGB to come on out.

Right before I was about to leave, Owen’s grandparents brought him to visit. He was not sure what to think about me holding his baby. They said he has been so sweet with her and asks to hold “my baby” when he comes to visit. He doesn’t look very excited in this picture but all of the pictures I saw of him with her look the exact same. I think he is just taking his role of big brother very seriously.

I have three friends who were expecting their babies before BGB was due. Well, all of those babies have arrived and now suddenly it is my turn. It feels like this pregnancy has lasted forever but I can’t believe it is almost over. I am trying to enjoy these last few moments of kicks and squirms inside of me before there is a baby in my arms.

On Monday night when I told the kids Adrienne was about to have her baby, I asked them what they thought she was having (the sex was a surprise). Reese said girl, I said girl and Sam said boy. (Reminder: Sam has said we are having a boy from day one…) On Tuesday morning, I told them it was a girl. Reese cheered. Sam started crying and said, “I said a boy!”. Oh my! My mom and I have talked about how he will react if we end up having a girl after him saying it is a boy all of this time. Now I think I know…hopefully, if that is the case, he will get over it quickly.